The Heretic Talks Back: Feigning Orthodoxy in Ṣaffār al-Qummī’s "Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt" (d. 902–3)

In this essay I study a piece of early Islamic polemical literature concerned with accusations of libertinism - illicit sex, wine drinking, and other offenses - along with some unorthodox teachings. Through the study of this text, I explore the role of social context and configurations of power in t...

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Главный автор: Asatryan, Mushegh (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: University of Chicago Press 2022
В: History of religions
Год: 2022, Том: 61, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 362-388
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Naher Osten / Ислам (мотив) / Ересь (мотив) / Полемика / История (мотив) 800-1000
Индексация IxTheo:AD Социология религии
AG Религиозная жизнь
BJ Ислам
KBL Ближний Восток
TF Раннее средневековье
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Итог:In this essay I study a piece of early Islamic polemical literature concerned with accusations of libertinism - illicit sex, wine drinking, and other offenses - along with some unorthodox teachings. Through the study of this text, I explore the role of social context and configurations of power in the way premodern Islamic theological discourses have been formulated. In particular, I look at how, in a situation of power imbalance, members of a maligned minority group have pretended to renounce what the majority might have found offensive, while actually trying to renounce as little as possible.
ISSN:1545-6935
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: History of religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/719004